Tennessee Forestry Commission to Meet
NASHVILLE –The Tennessee Forestry Commission will meet April 6, 2021 at the Ellington Agricultural Center in Nashville, Tenn.
The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. CDT in the Oak Training Conference Room of the Bruer building located at 406 Hogan Rd. The meeting is open to the public to attend.
The agenda includes approval of the previous meeting’s minutes, appointment of a nomination committee to select new Commission officers, formulation of seedling production and pricing, summary of the Division of Forestry budget, and an update on the carbon feasibility study.
The Tennessee Forestry Commission comprises seven members representing the public’s interests as they relate to forest resources in the state. The Commission advises the Tennessee Department of Agriculture on forest issues. For more information, contact the Division of Forestry at 615-837-5520 or visit the Commission’s webpage at www.tn.gov/agriculture/forests/commission.html.
AGENDA:
1 |
Welcome and introductions |
Heard |
2 |
Safety message |
Arnold |
3 |
Review previous minutes |
Heard |
4 |
Appoint sub-committee to nominate new officers |
Heard |
5 |
Seedling quantity and pricing recommendations |
Slayton/Sowders |
6 |
Vacancy update |
Slayton |
7 |
Budget process review and summary |
Arnold/Slayton/ Klonowski/Womack |
8 |
Status of carbon feasibility study and direction of national carbon policy |
Arnold/Slayton |
9 |
Update on State Lands Group |
Arnold/others |
10 |
Restore Ellington Project site visit (on campus) |
Arnold/Hoover/Kite-Rowland |
11 |
Discuss alternative meeting locations |
Heard |
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Future Commission Meetings: · June 9, 2021 - Approval of Commission officers. (Second Wednesday in June). · September 8, 2021 - Approve Division budget. (first Wednesday in September). · January10, 2022 – Discuss budget, timber sales (second Tuesday in January) · April 5, 2022 - Approve Nursery seedling pricing/production and appoint sub-committee to nominate Commission officers. (first Tuesday in April) |
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